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An ace is a military aviator or airman credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. The term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pègoud as l'as (French for ace) after he shot down five German aircraft.
 
  Name Victories
16 South Africa Payne, Leonard Allan 11
17 England Paynter, John De Camborne 10
18 England Payton, Clement Wattson 11
19 USA Pearson, James William 12
20 England Pearson, Laurence Herbert 6
21 England Pearson, William Reginald Guy 7
22 Germany Pech, Karl 9
23 England Peck, Arthur Hicks 8
24 France Pegoud (Pégoud), Adolphe Celestin 6
25 France Pelissier, René Alphonse 6
26 France Pelletier d'Oisy, Georges 5
27 France Pendaries, Pierre 7
28 England Pennell, Edward Robert 5
29 Australia Pentland, Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley 23
30 France Peronneau (Péronneau), Henri Albert 9
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